Mid-face Toddler Excoriation Syndrome (MiTES) can be caused by autosomal recessive biallelic mutations in a gene for congenital insensitivity to pain, PRDM12 - Moss C, Srinivas SM, Sarveswaran N, Nahorski M, Gowda VK, Browne FM, Woods G.

BACKGROUND: Mid-face Toddler Excoriation Syndrome (MiTES) is a condition recently reported in 3 unrelated children.1 Habitual scratching from the first year of life inflicted deep, chronic, scarring wounds around the nose and eyes. One had mild ...
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